Easton's Bible Dictionary Governor of Moab, a person whose descendants returned from the Captivity and assisted in rebuilding Jerusalem (Ezra 2:6; 8:4; 10:30). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PAHATH-MOAB pa'-hath-mo'-ab (pachath mo'abh, "sheik of Moab"; in I Esdras 5:11; 8:31, "Phaath Moab"): A Jewish clan probably named after an ancestor of the above title. Part of the clan returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:6; compare Nehemiah 7:11) under two family names, Jeshua and Joab; and a part came back with Ezra (Ezra 8:4). Hashub, a "son of Pahath-moab," is named among the repairers of both the wall and the "tower of the furnaces" at Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:11). It is the name of one of the signatories "sealing" the "sure covenant" of Nehemiah 9:38 (Nehemiah 10:14). Some of the sons of this name had taken "strange wives" (Ezra 10:30) Henry Wallace

Multi-Version Concordance Pahath-moab (6 Occurrences) Ezra 2:6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. (See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Ezra 8:4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. (See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Ezra 10:30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. (See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces. (See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 7:11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. (See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 10:14 The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, (See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)